On Graduation Speeches

These are waaaaay above and beyond awesome compared to the commencement speech we received last April 17. Absolutely hilarious and inspiring. Naiingit ako. Haha

Brad Delson, Linkin Park's guitarist, gave the commencement speech during the UCLA graduation of 2009.

Part 1


Part 2


Ellen's at Tulane was great as well!

I love the way you say good morning.

While downloading the latest album of The Rescues, I was googling reviews. One blogger thought it was good and also suggested other similar artists. I got curious and looked up one of the artists, Ingrid Michaelson, because I saw her in my Who to Follow list a couple of times.

So glad I did. Currently LSS to The Way I am, alternating with New Radical's You Get What You Give because of that Star World ad and Bea's own LSS.

Yaaaaaay.

Now, back to work.

Loving Short Stories!

Yip. Yip. Because novels are too lengthy to read, at least right now when my sem is getting heavy already, and because English 11 introduced me to 13 good pieces, I've picked up several short stories recently.

Yesterday, I had no change for my fare home so I went around SM for a while thinking of what small item to purchase so that I'll break my bill. I went as far as the Annex side of the main building and got to Book Sale. It was hard to see where the classics were, because they don't have a category for classics. So I went around browsing titles, which is actually something I enjoy. It's a great way to waste time. Hehe

I was about to purchase The Essential Hemingway and then I saw Literature: A Portable Anthology. It's a compilation of 35 short stories, 250 poems, and 9 plays. I don't really care about the plays nor the poems, just the 35 short stories. I think it's really meant as a textbook, and my hunch was verified when I saw the preface with the tone that it was meant for teaching. I haven't checked, but I hope a chunk of the poems we'll be discussing in English 11 will in the book.

Also, I am really curious about Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. Must check it out soon.

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My parents treated me to a fabulous Sumo Sam lunch today. Probably my favorite Japanese resto to date. :)

IRON BABY

I cannot not blog this. Super YouTube find!